Can you take communion by yourself?
Aldrin poses on the Moon, allowing Armstrong to photograph both of them using the visor's reflection. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) On July 20, 1969, moments after the lunar module, The Eagle , alighted upon the Sea of Tranquility , a solitary Presbyterian church elder celebrated the Lord’s Supper in reverent silence—on the Moon. Commander Buzz Aldrin had stashed a piece of bread, a capsule of wine, and a tiny silver chalice onboard the Columbia, and smuggled it into space with him. Before his historic walkabout, Aldrin requested a brief radio silence. He described the following moment in the 1970 issue of Guideposts magazine: I poured the wine into the chalice our church had given me. In the one-sixth gravity of the moon the wine curled slowly and gracefully up the side of the cup. It was interesting to think that the very first liquid ever poured on the moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements. His actions were at first kept secret because